Container opener



June 12, 1934. TACCARD 1,962,415

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Pd I'I C I; ECCQ 7' 0 Patented June 12, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECONTAINER OPENER Patrick Taccard, Liberty, N. Y.

Application July 13, 1933, Serial No. 680,327

1 Claim.

stated in a quick and eificient manner without the likelihood ofpersonal injury.

This and various other important objects and advantages of the inventionwill become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:-- Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of thecontainer with the cap thereon.

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal view through the container.

Figure 3 represents a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view throughthe discharge end of the container, with the opening tool insertedtherein. Figure 4 represents a cross sectional view taken substantiallyon line 44 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts,it can be seen that the container is of elongated conical construction.The conical side wall is joined, as at 5, the side wall proper beingdenoted by the numeral 6. The bottom is denoted by numeral 7 and issoldered or otherwise secured, as at 8, to the lower end of the wall 6.The upper or apex end of the wall 6 is open and when the container andits contents are on sale, this upper open end is closed by a rupturablecap 9 which is suitably secured, preferably by soldering to the apex endof the container, while the top portion of the cap is preferablyconcaved to facilitate puncturing thereof by the pointed end 10 of thetool 11 which has a hand grip 12 thereon.

l5 sectional The tool 11 is preferably slightly tapered from the handle12 toward its pointed end 10 so that when the pointed end 10 has piercedthe concaved portion of the cap 9 by wedging the tool 11 into the openend of the container, the torn portions of the cap can be pressed snuglyagainst the inner side of the wall 6 so that they will not interferewith the free passage of oil from the container.

In the filling of crank cases, this container is particularly efficient,in that all that is required is to invert the container with the apexend inserted into the filler neck of the crank case. The container maynow be left alone until all of the oil has drained from the container.The container can then be removed and thrown away, if desired.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

A tool for opening containers wherein the container is provided with aneck portion having a rupturable cap; a handle, a shank on the handlefor piercing the cap, said shank having a pointed end portion, saidshank being gradually tapered toward its pointed end to press the raggedend of the punctured cap against the inner side of the neck after thepointed end portion pierces the cap and as the shank wedges into theneck portion of the container.

PATRICK TACCARD.

